I touched on this last week, in our Tips for Getting Your Very First Barrel, but the point is so ...

We asked you guys what surfing goals you had for 2023, and naturally "get barreled" was among the...

We are kicking off 2023 with a CLEAN ONE... This is a 9'6 Lumberjack with white panels and a spec...

We took our most stable noserider model, Andy Nieblas' Walks on Water, and made it... smaller.  A...

The Law of Diminishing Returns is defined as such: "a principle stating that profits or benefits...

Here is Almond's head shaper, Griffin Neumann-Kyle, speed-shaping a surfboard in 45 seconds.

Surfboards are like the guitars of the outdoor recreation world... because they are both function...

WTRP (pronounced Wyatt Earp) is an acronym for Winged-Twin Rounded-Pin. This a mid-sized surfboa...

I've been surfing more lately. My year started off with the birth of our second child, followed b...

We ship surfboards all over the world. It's rewarding for us to know that the boards we build her...

On Black Friday, we closed the shop and went surfing... and we invited you to join us. The waves ...

I have often lamented the demise of the modern surf film; in part because films were so formative...

For the fourth (maybe fifth?) year in a row... Almond Surf Shop going to be closed on Black Frida...

Surfing is not productive, in that there is no tangible output of the time and effort spent surfi...

Photo: Hannah Reynolds Surfing makes me feel connected.  Especially where I’m located in Orange ...

This week's "Board of the Week" also happens to be our most stable noserider.   This board is abs...

Take the quiz to see which of our board models best matched up with where you are trying to take ...

Each week, we want to slow down and highlight one favorite board from the shop. While every surfb...

Let's say you've always been curious about adding a fish or a mid-length or a longboard to your s...

We are introducing a new segment around here, called "Board of the Week" It's a chance to slow do...

Take a look at how Alex Swanson constructs his #threeboardquiver for year-round surf enjoyment....

This is part of our "Ask Almond Shaper Griffin NK Anything" Series... Doug asks: "Space is hard t...

When cared for properly, your surfboard will bring you many, many years of enjoyment. This is a q...

Sunset Conversation & Dinner with Almond Surfboards, as part of the Wildsam Field Trip series...

As Mickey Muñoz famously said, "There are no bad waves, only a poor choice of equipment and a lou...

We talk often about building a thoughtful Three Board Quiver—three surfboards that will cover nea...

Today we are talking about the art of the cross-step—the preferred means of travel up and down th...

One hard and fast rule about wake surfing is... you don't need nearly as much "fin" as you do in ...

Regardless of your level of experience, if you do these three simple things your surfing will im...

Surf shop manager, Cole Latham, sharing which boards he keeps in his personal surfboard quiver.

When looking for a beginner surfboard, find a board that will make it easy to learn the fundament...

This long-fish, named after a bird, is guaranteed to broaden your horizons about surf equipment. ...

If your surf trip involves an airplane and a passport—or if you plan to order a new custom surfb...

The further you live from the nearest breaking wave, the more versatile your equipment should be....

We get this question several times every week, from surfers looking to round out the mid-sized po...

Stability is a valuable feature for intermediate surfers looking to build confidence, and consist...